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Episode 91: Presenting Posters and Podiums | Johns Hopkins Center for Nursing Inquiry
In this episode of The Center for Nursing Inquiry podcast, Heather Watson, PhD, RN, JHHS Nurse Scientist, and Marlena Fisher, PhD, RN, CNL, Nurse Inquiry Program Specialist, explor…
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Ep 26: Seeking Support Is a Strength: Normalizing Mental Health Care for Healthcare Professionals | Johns Hopk…
In this episode of Vital Conversations, three members of the Office of Well-Being team discuss mental health among healthcare professionals, highlighting the importance of recogniz…
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Ep 16 – Navigating Medicare Open Enrollment | Medicine Made General
Medicare open enrollment is Oct. 15 through Dec. 7. If picking a plan feels confusing, you're not alone. In Episode 16 of 'Medicine Made General,' Dr. Bimal Ashar joins host Katie…
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Episode 90: Interview the Inquirer with MiKaela Olsen | Johns Hopkins Center for Nursing Inquiry
In Interview the Inquirer, a series from the Center for Nursing Inquiry podcast, we talk with nurses who are asking meaningful questions and fostering a culture of inquiry. These c…
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Episode 89: Where has Your Curiosity Taken You? With Lynn Richards McDonald | Johns Hopkins Center for Nursing…
Where Your Curiosity has taken you…is a series that spotlights nurses whose interest in inquiry led them into innovative career paths. In this episode, the second in the series, He…
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Episode 88: Understanding the Role of the Clinical Nurse Specialist | Johns Hopkins Center for Nursing Inquiry
In this episode of The Center for Nursing Inquiry podcast, we explore the critical role of Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) in healthcare. Join us as we discuss their unique respon…
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Ep 15 – Vaccines: Not a Shot in the Dark | Medicine Made General
In Episode 15 of Medicine Made General, Dr. Maya Venkataramani, a physician board-certified in both internal medicine and pediatrics, is discussing vaccines. In a first for the pod…
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Episode 87: EBP Spotlight with Michelle Cook and Sam O’Leary | Johns Hopkins Center for Nursing Inquiry
In EBP Spotlight, a series from the Center for Nursing Inquiry podcast, we talk with nurses who are asking meaningful practice questions. These conversations highlight the role of…
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Episode 86: Where has Your Curiosity Taken You? With Dr. Kat Scafide | Johns Hopkins Center for Nursing Inquir…
In this episode of Interview the Inquirer, we explore nursing science in academic practice. After her compelling Magnet Nursing Conference presentation, Dr. Kat Scafide, Associate…
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Episode 85: Interview the Inquirer #2 – Myrna Mamaril | Johns Hopkins Center for Nursing Inquiry
In Interview the Inquirer, a series from the Center for Nursing Inquiry podcast, we talk with nurses who are asking meaningful questions and fostering a culture of inquiry. These c…
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Ep 25: Why Belonging Matters at Work: Creating the Conditions for People to Thrive | Johns Hopkins Medicine Of…
In this episode of Vital Conversations, JHM Chief Wellness Officer, Dr. Lee Daugherty Biddison welcomes Dr. Carolyn Cumpsty Fowler for an insightful discussion about why belonging…
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Ep14 – It Shouldn’t Have to Be So Hard:’ From Pediatric to Adult Care | Medicine Made General
For the families of young people with complex medical needs or developmental disabilities, growing up brings many unforeseen hurdles – including aging out of pediatric care. On thi…
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Several strategies seem to help in keeping mosquitoes out of your yard, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Outdoor foggers with insecticides of the permethrin class help a lot in keeping mosquitoes from invading your outdoor celebrations in the summer, but if you don’t like inhaling the…
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Keeping your backyard barbecue free of mosquitoes is possible, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Mosquitoes aren’t just a nuisance, they transmit disease. So when you bring everyone over for a backyard barbeque keeping them away is a priority. Johns Hopkins mosquito expert Chr…
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How often can a blood test predict cancer risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports
More and more blood tests to screen for cancer are coming on the market, with a new one looking at proteins in the blood helping identify who is at risk to develop lung cancer. Kim…
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Will a blood test compel more people to be screened for lung cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
When someone has a years-long, multiple pack history of smoking, they are recommended to undergo screening for lung cancer utilizing a technology known as low dose computed tomogra…
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Can a blood test improve lung cancer screening? Elizabeth Tracey reports
People with a history of tobacco smoking are recommended to have screening CT for lung cancer, but many of them choose not to be screened. A new study looks at the ability of a blo…
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What do false positives and negatives have to do with screening tests for cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
A blood test used for population based cancer screening fell short of allowing cancers to be detected earlier, was cost prohibitive and delayed diagnoses for others, a new study sh…
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Just how expensive could it be to screen populations of people for cancer using blood tests? Elizabeth Tracey…
A blood test capable of detecting multiple cancers seems like a dream come true, yet a new study looking at such a test used in populations of people failed to find cancers earlier…
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Should blood tests to screen for cancer be used on a population basis? Elizabeth Tracey reports
When large populations of people were screened for multiple cancers using a blood test, not only didn’t cancers get found earlier, others who were not screened had delays in their…